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Nature 456, 575 (4 December 2008) | doi:10.1038/456575a; Published online 3 December 2008

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Crimes in the name of research

Benno Müller-Hill1

BOOK REVIEWEDDas Robert Koch-Institut im Nationalsozialismus

by Annette Hinz-Wessels

Kulturverlag Kadmos: 2008. 192 pp. euro dollar22.50 (in German)

The Robert Koch Institute in Berlin was founded in 1891 and conducts research into infectious bacteria and viruses. When it celebrated its centenary, the crimes committed by members of the institute between 1933 and 1945 were apparently not of interest, and were not mentioned.